John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury

John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury (17 March 1940 – 8 August 2023) was a British peer, the third Baron Bradbury. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1994 to 1999.

Early life The grandson of John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury, Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, he was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and the University of Bristol. He had a twin sister, the Hon. Elizabeth Joan Hansen (married to Warren Gustin Hansen), and a younger half-sister, the Hon. Anne Bradbury (married to Alastair James Ker-Lindsay).

Career The majority of Bradbury’s career in marketing communications was spent at US advertising giant McCann-Erickson Worldwide, where he oversaw global client relationships including Unilever, Nestle, Bacardi-Martini and Reckitt & Benckiser, eventually joining the board in New York. He retired in 2000 but served as Chairman of the board of governors at Perrott Hill preparatory school in Dorset for over a decade.

In 1994, he succeeded his father John Bradbury, 2nd Baron Bradbury (1914–1994), in the House of Lords. Their elder son, John Timothy Bradbury, born 1973, succeeded to the peerage.

As of 2023, the family seat was the Manor House, Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset.

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